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[...] West Coast This is Delta Lima 7, Florida,

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Tokyo.
Anybody around from the West Coast please?

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Delta Lima 7, Florida, Tokyo.
Hi Frank, this is the West

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Coast and we're standing by for you.

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Hi fellow DXers. May I introduce myself?
My call is Delta Lima 7, Florida,

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Tokyo and my handle Frank.

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The QTH is West Berlin in old Germany.
Now the North California DX

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Association pleased me to say some words.

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I got my ticket since 1959.
I am a so-called single

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sidebender with 315-325 in
the telephone on a roll.

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I started my DXpedition in 1963 as 3-alpha

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-2-Charlie United,
followed by Mike 1 Foxtrotango from San Marino

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in 1964.

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I operated 1965 for your one ITU from Genoa in

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Switzerland.
My great teacher and model was Gus Browning, W4

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Boston Peter Dark,
who visited West Berlin four times in the 60s.

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I hope he will be present this evening.
I never will forget his words. Frank,

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I bet you, you never make it to Zulu-alpha.

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Well, I don't bet with Gus that time.
I am so sorry about it.

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Then in 1966, I was the first time
QRV from the Balearic Island,

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a second operator of Easy Able 6 Amatier Radio.
In single sideband only that

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time. 1967, again Easy Able 6
Amatier Radio and for four days

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also I operate 3-Victor 8
Baker Zulu from Tunisia.

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In 1968,
again I was QRV from the Balearic Island

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as Easy Able [...] Amatier Radio.

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Then in April 1969,
I operated as 3-alpha-0-Charlie United

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from Monaco again.
Since 1965, I was working on Zulu-alpha.

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Finally, I got a visa for Albania in 1970.
So I went to Tirana on

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August 1st through 15th
to lining up everything.

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As all was clear, I went to Zulu-alpha
again for the operation. This time, Bakri,

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Delta Juliet Zero,
United Japan and Reiner, Delta Lima

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7, Lima Victor was with me.

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We met approximately 3,000 contacts
in three days, mostly with Ws in CW

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and single sideband on 15 and 20 meter.

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Very good. It will give you some idea
of the goings-on at this end when

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your signal started coming
through in the mid-afternoon of

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September 17th.

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We'll go ahead and [...
] that number, you know, number 8.

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Go ahead.

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Go ahead.

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[...]

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[...]

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In 1971 I went again to Albania,
this time Tom Delta-Rima 7 Abel

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Victor, Klaus Delta-Rima 7 Nancy Choker
in CW and again Bahri Delta-Juliet Zero

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United Japan and myself operate in
single sideband. From June 2nd through

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13th we had very bad conditions.
This time on 15 meter

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for example we heard and worked
Yugoslavia and Italy only.

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100 200 miles away that's really nothing.

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Accidentally we had no permission
for 480 meters so we have to

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stay on 20 meters.

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As I have not worked ZULU alpha by
myself I went home after one week and QS

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-Oed ZULU alpha 2 radio papa sugar as DL7 [...
] or Tango HI.

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In 1972 I paused then in April 1973 I

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went to Mount Aitos with 11 other European
operators. Sugar Victor 1 Delta Bravo

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stroke A for Aitos was a call.

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We arrived our operation place with four
complete stations and many antennas. On

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April 21st in the morning of the next
day the Mount Aitos police came and

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checked the license and station.
The officer declared on this paper

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is only the description of
one station and one call.

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So they took three rigs away and we
could operate with one transmitter only.

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Anyway we made nearly 5 kilo
QS-Os on 40 20 and 15 meters

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in CW and single sideband.

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Delta Juliet 6 sugar India alone
made approximately 1500 CW

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contacts and Delta Kilo 5
Ocean sugar made 1500 in CW.

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I by myself could only make 1000 in
single sideband as the Greeks especially

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sugar victor 1 Germany alpha don't
let me operate the W pile ups as I

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want. On my question why not he
answered we the Greeks don't

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like so many contacts and you
are just a guest in this country

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and on this the expedition.

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So you have to follow our order and wishes.

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Thank you for having me.

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Thank you for joining us.

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So congratulations I hope many many
people do not come as a rather.

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So I want to only one QS-Os
and we think you should be

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[...]

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Well I was trying in my short operation
time there really to walk as many as

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possible Ws and especially W6s
but the sugar victors fight

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against me on mount A-tus so as the
Greeks can't copy high speed CW

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Delta Juliet 6 sugar India and DK 5
OS tried it always was a trick to

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walk at least in CW the W is HI.
So if you believe you had a

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contact with sugar victor 1 Delta Bravo
stroke a on [...] A-tus send your card to

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Delta Juliet 6 sugar India direct with a
self addressed stamped envelope or so he

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has the most CW log copies as I do have
all my single side pen QSO log copies

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shortly before we left the mount A-tus
police came in a jeep and brought

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us our equipment bag now last
year I went more seriously

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into the YI problem so far everything
is clear also with a four to

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five days eight zero four
operation but 1975 is the forces

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dear in the sunspots activity so we
think it is not worth it to spend

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so much money etc and we
make finally only 1000 1500

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QSOs with European or so we
decide now to wait until 1976

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and hoping that the conditions raising
and we could walk at least 1000

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W6s then the east coast we
can walk most at a time or

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is anybody at this meeting who can
make me a better acceptable agreement

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please write me a line all news about me you

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will read in the west coast DX bulletin
Cassidy will be always number one who I

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will inform that's for today with
very 73s us delta lima seven

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florida tokyo thank you